Ms Clare McGrath:

I must clarify that eTenders is a portal that enables public sector buyers to advertise their contracts to suppliers. The eTenders website has been in existence since 2003. It was previously held by a Scottish firm but was retendered in the past 12 months for an off-the-shelf system to provide a portal to enable communications between public sector buyers and suppliers. The NPS is responsible for the eTenders website but in respect of procurement, it is responsible for supplies and services and not for works. Works are the responsibility of whoever the public sector buyer is. The documentation that would be put on eTenders would be done by the public sector buyer who wants to-----